> Today, the power went off twice within 2 minutes while the computer was
> on.  Now, my CD-ROM is "inaccessible," and there is a CD in the drive.
> I've checked everything I can think of.  Windows sees the drive in My
> Computer, and the BIOS sees it, but when clicking on it, I get the
> inaccessible error.  I removed it in Device Manager and rebooted, but
> still to no avail.  Any suggestions?

        Most CDROMs have a small hole in the front panel which you insert a pin or
paper clip to manually release the tray while the power is off. With other
CDROMs you can just pull the tray open with power off. You should look in
the manual, the procedure for your drive should be in there. TTYL

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